River Teeth Essays on Best American Essays Notables List
September 20, 2017
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Congratulations to the authors of the five River Teeth essays listed on this year's Best American Essays list of Notable Essay and Literary Nonfiction for 2016.
- "Wren Boy" Rebecca McClanahan (Spring 2016, vol .18.1)
- "If Woman Is Five" Sonya Huber (Spring 2016, vol. 18.1)
- "Thieves" Jerald Walker (Spring 2016, vol. 18.1)
- "Five Autobiographical Fragments or She May Have Been a Witch" David Lazar (Fall 2016, vol. 18.2)
- "Unpinned" by Heather Gemmen Wilson (Fall 2016, vol. 18.2)
Congratulations also goes to River Teeth Associate Editor and Beautiful Things co-editor Sarah Wells whose essay "The Body Is Not a Coffin" (Under the Gum Tree, April 2016) also appeared on this year's list.
Editors for the 2017 edition of Best American Essays were Robert Atwan and Leslie Jamison.
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